Funding

Invus Opportunities, an equity investor has made a substantial investment in ClearScore, the UK’s leading credit marketplace, to accelerate the growth in the business globally.

Birchal, an online business for individuals to invest in innovative businesses has reported high conversion rates for GetMee, upon the closure of its EOI investment period.

Investible announced that it has successfully closed its second early stage investment Fund oversubscribed, resulting into an appreciated $51.6 million in committed capital.

Green energy company Port Anthony Renewables (PAR) completed an oversubscribed capital raising as it positions itself to develop a hydrogen hub in south-eastern Australia. Its focus is green hydrogen production and export.

Streetbeat, a free investing and trading app for stock and cryptocurrencies with a proprietary marketplace of professional investment strategies has closed $10m in seed funding led by TTV Capital with additional backing from investors like Seraph Group and AAF Management Ltd. Streetbeat's client base is expanding 18% weekly, thus creating a marketplace of trading strategies to give users a personalized list of options based on their interests and risk profiles.

 in3, a leading Dutch Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) fintech business, has announced a $11.1 million Series A funding round from Finch Capital as growth soars. In addition to this, in3 are today launching free BNPL services for consumers, starting in the Netherlands, through an innovative partnership with global digital payments leader Worldline. 

Online meat delivery service ‘Our Cow’ a brainchild of farmers Bianca Tarrant and David McGiveron following devastating bushfires and floods at their northern NSW property, is preparing for expansion with the launch of a $3m crowdfunding campaign. Our Cow is using VentureCrowd to raise equity to continue the company’s extraordinary growth trajectory.

Wayflyer, the revenue-based financing and growth platform for eCommerce businesses, secured and began deploying $300 million in debt financing from global financial services leader J.P. Morgan, with Neuberger Bermann acting as a mezzanine provider.

Normative, the carbon accounting engine, has raised €31m in a series B round led by Blume Equity. New investor Horizons Ventures also participated alongside returning investors Future Five and ETF Partners and 2150, who led Normative’s €10m series A round in October 2021.

Canon Oceania announced the winners of its 2022 Grants Program, recognising five firms across Australia that are paving the way towards a better future for their local communities. In the spirit of Canon’s guiding philosophy of Kyosei - living and working together for the common good - over the last 16 years, Canon Oceania has supported over 80 schools, not-for-profits and community groups with over $450,000 in monetary and product support.